[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 32336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15157]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[WY-040-05-1310-01]
Bureau of Land Management


Notice of Availability of Texaco's Stagecoach Draw Unit Final 
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Texaco's Stagecoach Draw Unit Final 
Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability 
of Texaco's Stagecoach Draw Unit Final EIS analyzing the environmental 
consequences of a proposed 72 well natural gas development and 
production operation in the Stagecoach Draw Unit approximately 7 miles 
southwest of Farson, Wyoming, Sweetwater County. The project area 
encompasses 23,575 acres within portions of Townships 22, 23, and 24 
north, ranges 107 and 108 North.

DATES: Comments on the FEIS will be accepted for 30 days following the 
date that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes their 
Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. The EPA notice is 
expected to be published on June 30, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the FEIS should be sent to Bureau of Land 
Management, Bill McMahan (Project Coordinator), P.O. Box 1869, Rock 
Springs, Wyoming 82902-1869.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
assesses the environmental consequences of the Federal approval of the 
Texaco USA proposal to develop a 23,575 acre natural gas field by 
drilling 72 wells on an average spacing of 320 acres over the next 6 to 
10 years. The FEIS is a supplement to the DEIS, published March 10, 
1995, and contains the following material:
    Incorporates by reference most of the material presented in 
the DEIS and identifies the changes to the DEIS required as a result of 
additional information.
    Public comment subsequent to publishing of the DEIS.
    The corrections and additions to the DEIS.
    Comments received on the DEIS.
    Responses to the comments.
    Thirteen comment letters were received by the BLM on the DEIS. The 
EPA, based on procedures they use to evaluate the adequacy of the 
information in an EIS, gave the DEIS a rating of LO-1 (Lack of 
Objection, Adequate Information). No substantive changes are required 
to the proposal. The DEIS adequately set forth the environmental 
impacts of the proposal.

    Dated: June 14, 1995.
Alan R. Pierson,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 95-15157 Filed 6-20-95; 8:45 am]
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